1. ALEKSANDER1 STRZYZOWSKI ~ was born Bef. 1675, and died Aft. 1688.
Notes for ALEKSANDER STRZYZOWSKI ~:
Aleksander owned the Bolmina manor in the year 1688 [From Elena Tsvetkova (blitz@peterlink.ru) of Blitz Information Services in St. Petersburg, examining files from the Russian State Historic Archive, Fond 1343 inventory 29 file 7338: "The Strzyzowski nobility registered in the Polish Kingdom. Year 1872" (26 May 2005 -- JTS)].
The following entry from the 15-volume Polish gazetteer Slownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów slowianskich, published 1880-1902, was translated at my request [JTS] by William F. Hoffman, 5 April 2006:
"Bolmin, a village in Kielce county, Zajaczkow district, Bolmin parish, one mila [= about 8 km.] west of Checiny; it has a parish church, a district school, ashlars of lithographic stone; a lead foundry existed here in the 16th century. Remnants of ancient buildings have been preserved there to this day. The current manor represents a meager remnant of an ancient defensive castle, probably from the 14th century, which underwent a complete renovation in the 16th century but was later gradually destroyed. The spacious vaulted cellars attest to its original dimensions. The church here, made of stone, was erected by Jan Brzeski in 1602. Bolmin parish, in Kielce diocese, numbers 544 souls" [Br Ch[lebowski -- Vol. 1, page 302].\\
There is a town named Strzyzów in what was then Sandomierz Voievodship (now in Powiat Lodzkie, fairly close to Opoczno). It's possible that Aleksander came from a Strzyzowski clan that had its roots there. It's about 40-50 miles from Bolmin. It may be, further, that the Strzyzowski family from that village used the Jastrzebiec coat of arms, in spite of the fact that family tradition identifies its coat of arms as Gozdawa (see below). This issue remains open, therefore.
There were at least three historical towns of Strzyzow, all of which still exist. On this subject Marek Skarbek (skarbek@angelmobile.net) writes (5 October 2008):
"One Strzyzów was in Sandomierz Voievodship close to Opoczno (Jastrzebiec Strzyzowski are most probably from there)
"Second one was close to Sanok in Russ Voievodship (there were Gozdawa)
"Third one was in Wolyn close to Wlodzimierz Wolynski (today close to the Polish-Ukrainian border not far of Zamosc)."
From Zbigniew Lesczyk, Coats-of-arms of the Polish szlachta (Herby szlachty polskiej, Poznan, 1908):
Volume I. Information about the history of the Gozdawa blazon
Wladislaw Herman bestowed this coat of arms upon the knight Krystyn from Gozdawa, for his important merits, in the year 1090. The Gozdawa family originated from Mazowiesz.
The godto (emblem) of the blazon: lily
The device: irreproachable knighthood
The peacock feather as a symbol of wisdom
The Gozdawa coat of arms has other names as well: Gzdow, Godzie or Lilja (Lily)
The Paronia blazon originated from it
The Strzyzewski, Strzyzowski from the old Russian (East Slavic) wojewodztwo of the year 1550. Some branches used the przydomek Sliwa (so, they were the Sliwa-Strzyzowski). Confirmed their noble origin in the Polish Kingdom in the year 1825.
From Herbaz rodzin szliacheckich Krolewstwa Polskiego najwyzej zarwierdzony. Czesc I, II (Collection of Coats of Arms of the Polish families confirmed in the Polish Kingdom. Parts I, II), Warsaw, 1853:
Volume II. Section II. Coats of arms of the families registered among the nobility before August 16 (28), 1836.
pg. 57 Gozdawa blazon with description
pg. 66 The Strzyzowsczy family; Alexander owned the village Bolmin in the Krakow wojewodztwo in the year 1688
Child of ALEKSANDER STRZYZOWSKI ~ is:
